Results 6,881-6,900 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Topical Issues: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy Ó Fearghaíl for raising this issue. I am replying on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Varadkar, who sends his apologies for being unable to be in the House this afternoon. He is otherwise engaged on Government business. Under the Future Health plan, significant structural changes are envisaged for the acute hospital sector, with the formation of hospital groups...
- Topical Issues: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I will share the Deputy's concerns with the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. Anything regarding a Supplementary Estimate would be an operational matter for the Department of Health and the Minister, and I am not privy to any information that there will be a Supplementary Estimate. The Minister and I accept that, as the Deputy said, this is a hardship for families and for the human being....
- Topical Issues: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: -----that by mid-year nobody will have to wait more than 18 months for treatment or an outpatient appointment. By the end of the year the target will be that nobody will have to wait more than 15 months. I hope the plans the Minister has put in place will be implemented. There is a shortage of consultants in some hospitals across the country, but I am not saying that is the main problem....
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (12 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Micheál Martin has a bad memory.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (12 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: The CSO's statistics on Business Demography indicated that there were 971 persons engaged in the aircraft leasing sector in 2012, the latest year for which these figures are available. The figures for aircraft leasing relate to NACE Rev 2 sector N77.35 “Renting and Leasing of Aircraft Activities”.The statistics on Business Demography are published by the CSO in an annual...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (12 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: The Programme for Government outlined an ambitious agenda for Oireachtas reform to be introduced in a phased process over the lifetime of this Government. One aspect of this planned reform was the introduction of new procedures to enhance the legislative role of elected members. This included such steps as the introduction of a Pre-Legislative Stage for Bills before an Oireachtas...
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: He can have a protest outside the audio-visual room.
- Order of Business (13 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (13 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Perhaps Fianna Fáil's spokesperson might turn up.
- Order of Business (13 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: There is no Private Members' business next week.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Ellis left a fair few families in crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: You left a fair few families in crisis, Deputy Ellis.
- Order of Business (14 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: At least we do not get gangs after people.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Job Creation Data (19 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. The following tables contain detailed data on the questions asked. The data are drawn from the quarterly national household survey, the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The data show the overall stock of persons employed at given points in time. Annual changes are calculated using these stock figures...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Job Creation Data (19 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I assure the Deputy I will give her a full response later today when I get the relevant tables. She spoke about the breakdown between local authority areas, but the breakdown is done by region, which is a European standard for reporting such information. The Deputy referred to job activation schemes. There were 89,704 people engaged in activation schemes run by the Department of Social...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Job Creation Data (19 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Let me confirm to Deputy Ó Snodaigh that quarterly national household survey data for quarter one of 2015 is due for publication by the CSO this Thursday, 21 May at 11 a.m. I am not aware of the figures as of yet nor does the Government get the figures before the CSO releases them. Both Deputies asked similar questions. Two-tier recovery was mentioned. I would not call it a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Crime Data (19 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: The publication of recorded crime statistics has been temporarily suspended by the Central Statistics Office, CSO. This decision was made on foot of the Garda Inspectorate report on crime investigation published on 11 November 2014. That report raised a number of issues regarding the accuracy of recorded crime administrative data in Ireland. The CSO understands that while these issues...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Crime Data (19 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: I join the Deputies in welcoming the resumed publication of the CSO quarterly recorded crime statistics in late June. I accept that the suspension of the provision of this information has been a concern for Members, including Deputies opposite, several of whom have raised it on more than one occasion in the House in recent months. At the beginning of 2012, the Garda Inspectorate...
- Order of Business (19 May 2015)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Healy-Rae is a mighty man.